III — Programme of the Revival of “The Beggar’s Opera,” Lyric Theat… — Life and Letters of John Gay by Lewis Melville

III Programme of the Revival of “The Beggar’s Opera,” Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, June 7th, 1920

The Beggar’s Opera

By MR. GAY

New Settings of the Airs and Additional Music by Frederic Austin.

CAST

PEACHUM.........................FREDERIC AUSTIN
LOCKIT..........................ARTHUR WYNN
MACHEATH........................FREDERICK RANALOW
FILCH...........................ALFRED HEATHER
THE BEGGAR......................ARNOLD PILBEAM
MRS. PEACHUM....................ELSIE FRENCH
POLLY PEACHUM...................SYLVIA NELIS
LUCY LOCKIT.....................VIOLET MARQUESITA
DIANA TRAPES....................BERYL FREEMAN
JENNY DIVER.....................NONNY LOCK

Drawer: DAVID HODDER
Turnkey: JACK GIRLING

Members of Macheath’s Gang:

ALAN TROTTER,
MALCOLM RIGNOLD,
JOHN CLIFFORD,
EDWARD BARRS,
CHARLES STAITE

Women of the Town:

VERA HURST,
ELLA MILNE,
WINIFRED CHRISTIE,
MILDRED WATSON,
SYDNEY LEON,
EDITH BARTLETT

PERIOD 1728

ACT I. PEACHUM’S HOUSE
ACT II. Sc. i. A TAVERN. Near Newgate
         Sc. ii. NEWGATE
ACT III. Sc. i. A STREET
         Sc. ii. NEWGATE
         Sc. iii. THE CONDEMN’D HOLD

Scenes and Costumes designed by C. Lovat Fraser.

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